Two people die in tandem skydiving accident

A SYDNEY-BASED skydiver and a Singaporean national in Australia on a work visa were killed in a tandem skydiving accident after landing on a rural property in Sydney's south west today.

The skydiver, aged in his 60s, and the other man, aged in his 20s, were skydiving with Sydney Skydivers, which has a "dropzone" base and runway located on Picton Rd, just a few hundred metres away from where they crashed on Wilton Rd, Wilton just after 2pm.